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January 6

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January 6

January 6 is the 6th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. 359 days remain until the end of the year (360 in leap years).

Lottery News On This Day

2026: Michigan Lottery offers more ways to win in Daily 3 and Daily 4 with Straight Back Bonus promotion. The Straight Back Bonus promotion has returned to the Michigan Lottery, which will offer extra chances at winning bonus prizes in both Daily 3 and Daily 4.
2025: Previous Arkansas lottery winner upgrades from $5,000 to $200,000 win. A seasoned Arkansas lottery player rounded off 2024 with a $200,000 win, a significant improvement from her previous prize record of $5,000.
2024: Virginia man who won $230,000 Cash 5 lottery prize honors agreement with brother to split winnings. Two brothers have an agreement when it comes to winning the lottery, and one of them pulled through when he won a $230,000 Cash 5 prize.
2023: Group of 78 emergency room staff members claim $1 million Powerball prize. A 78-member lottery group consisting of nurses, doctors, and other emergency room personnel from Traverse City, Michigan have claimed a $1 million Powerball prize.
2022: Tickets sold in California and Wisconsin split $632.6 million Powerball jackpot. Two Powerball tickets, one sold in California and the other in Wisconsin, won the eleventh-largest lottery prize in U.S. history on Wednesday night.
2021: Nebraska woman wins Pick 5 lottery jackpot twice in six months. One Nebraska woman is incredibly lucky after winning her second Pick 5 jackpot in less than 6 months, this time worth $138,000 — even bigger than the last.
2021: Maine couple's $1 million lottery win is their biggest turn of fate to-date. This past year has understandably been a tough one for many people, and for a couple hailing from Turner, Maine, 2020 was particularly unkind to them. But in a twist of fate, they ended the year on a high note when they won a big lottery prize worth $1 million.
2020: Canada's Lotto Max jackpot sets game record. In the first days of the new year, records are already being broken in Lotto Max, one of Canada's nationwide lottery games.
2018: Connecticut lawmaker may request hearings over costly drawing error. A key Connecticut legislator is saying he may seek to call another round of investigative hearings into the operations of the quasi-public lottery corporation after a botched New Year's Day raffle drawing excluded 100,000 tickets from any possibility of winning.
2018: Mega Millions lottery ticket worth $450 million sold in Florida. After 23 straight drawings with no grand prize winner, one winning ticket was sold for the $450 million Mega Millions jackpot in Friday night's drawing.
2017: Florida store employee arrested for 'micro-scratching' lottery tickets. Authorities say a Florida convenience store clerk was cashing in by cheating, while selling customers worthless lottery tickets.
2016: $500 MILLION: Powerball jackpot explodes in ticket-buying frenzy. For the second time in the last 24 hours, the Multi-State Lottery Association (MUSL) has raised the official Powerball lottery jackpot estimate for Wednesday's drawing when sales for the mega jackpot have vastly outstripped projections.
2014: California Lottery is booming, thanks to higher payouts. By increasing the percentage of money paid out as prizes, the California Lottery has become much more profitable, returning more money to education than ever.
2012: Illinois lottery winners' checks bounced. Eighty-five Illinois Lottery winners last week probably thought they were lucky -- until they tried to cash in their winnings, that is.
2012: Arizona Lottery creates millionaire in 2012 raffle. The Arizona Lottery conducted its seventh raffle drawing Thursday, awarding more than $3 million in total cash prizes, including one $1 million grand prize.
2012: Oregon Walmart workers split Idaho Lottery $1M Raffle prize. It's a great start to 2012 for five co-workers at an Oregon Walmart store, who combined their resources and won a million dollars in the Idaho Lottery's raffle drawing.
2012: $50M Ontario lottery winners face scrutiny. An Ontario, Canada, couple who won a $50 million Lotto Max jackpot last week said they expected to have trouble collecting their winnings.
2012: $50M Lotto winner a no-show for celebration. The Florida Lottery says it's up to individual winners whether or not they choose to step into the spotlight after picking up millions of dollars, and the state's 1,000th Lotto winner chose not to.
2011: Arizona Lottery creates millionaire in latest raffle. The Arizona Lottery conducted its sixth raffle drawing Monday, awarding more than $3 million in total cash prizes, including one $1 million grand prize.
2011: Mega Millions lottery winner recounts epic win. The man who bought one of two winning tickets in the $380 million Mega Millions lottery frightened his wife when he woke her Tuesday night to share the life-changing news.
2011: Lottery error prompts payout on two sets of winning numbers. An incorrect number reported by the Virginia Lottery for Wednesday night's Win For Life drawing has prompted the participating states of Georgia, Kentucky, and Virginia to payout on two sets of winning numbers.
2011: Mega Millions Wash. lottery winner to be revealed. One of the two winners of the $380 million Mega Millions jackpot will come forward today.
2010: The Christmas Eve lottery miracle. A central Kentucky autoworker is lucky he held on to the $128 million Powerball ticket he bought on Christmas Eve during some last-minute shopping -- after all, it was printed by mistake.
2010: Florida sheriff fears lottery winner murdered. A truck driver's assistant who won $16.9 million in the Florida lottery in 2006 is feared dead after not being seen by friends or relatives since April.
2010: Powerball helps Florida Lottery cover losses. Since the multi-state lottery game Powerball arrived in Florida a year ago, people have bought more than $430 million in tickets. But even that couldn't stop overall lottery revenue in 2009 from dropping 3 percent compared with the year before.
2008: Power outage has California lottery running on back-up generators. The California lottery disclosed Saturday night it was using emergency, backup electricity generators indefinitely to run online gambling and other games statewide due to a power outage.
2007: New lawsuit claims Indiana Lottery did not award all prizes. Two men filed a lawsuit Friday against the Hoosier Lottery, seeking class-action status as a result of the lottery's admitted misrepresentation of the number and amount of prizes available in a scratch-off game.
2006: Tenn. lottery official leaves after harassment investigation. Former state treasurer Steve Adams has stepped down as chief administrative officer of the Tennessee Education Lottery Corp. following an investigation into allegations of workplace harassment.
2005: Powerball Jackpot Bumps to $37 Million. Because no one correctly matched all six numbers in Wednesday's Powerball drawing the jackpot grew to an estimated $37 million, with a cash option of $20.4 million.
2005: Bangladeshi housemaid wins record Jordan lottery jackpot. A Bangladeshi housemaid was reportedly the sole winner of Jordan's New Year lottery, netting record pre-tax prize money of 350,000 dollars.
2005: Home just got sweeter for lottery winners. In the town of Sweet Home, Orgeon, four residents have claimed a $1.8 million jackpot after picking the correct numbers in Oregon Lottery's Megabucks game on Saturday.
2005: Audit finds gaps in Oregon Lottery security. A state audit has concluded that the Oregon Lottery should tighten user access to computer data and improve security at employee workstations.
2005: Maine to use lottery proceeds instead of raising taxes. Maine Governor John Baldacci may draw from future lottery proceeds and delay pension costs as part of his approach to financing a new two-year state budget without raising taxes.
2005: R.I. Governor Replaces Entire Lottery Commission. Rhode Island Governor Carcieri yesterday asserted the recently passed separation-of-powers constitutional amendment gives him the right to immediately replace all legislators and legislative appointees on the Lottery Commission and Coastal Resources Management Council.
2005: UK National Lottery gives $22.5 million to tsunami appeal. The UK National Lottery today pledged £12 million towards reconstruction projects in the wake of the Indian Ocean tsunami disaster.
2004: Media Battle in the Mega Millions Jackpot Dispute. Lottery Post presents a selection of photos and descriptions in the struggle over the $162 million Mega Millions jackpot.
2004: Lottery Loser's Shady Past. The Ohio woman who told police that she purchased -- and then lost -- the winning $162 million Mega Millions lottery ticket -- has several arrests on her rap sheet, including convictions for assault and credit card fraud. In addition, Elecia Battle is using an alias and has falsely claimed to be married to the man with whom she now lives.
2004: Woman Sues to Block $162 Million Payout. A hospital worker came forward Tuesday and collected a $162 million lottery jackpot, and another woman who told authorities she bought the winning ticket but lost it has filed a lawsuit seeking to halt any payout to the winner.
2004: Ohio Woman Claims Lottery Prize, Denies Ticket Lost. An Ohio woman on Tuesday collected a $162 million Mega Millions lottery prize, saying the winning ticket was in her hands all along and had not been lost, as another woman had claimed.
2004: She's Won Millions but Has No Grand Plans. She's just won the $88 million California SuperLotto Plus jackpot, but Pamela Bazan says no one should expect to see Ferraris in her Rossmoor driveway or to catch her on a diamond shopping spree at Tiffany & Co. And there certainly will be no private jets whisking the retired bookkeeper and her husband off on a round-the-world adventure.
2004: Rapid reforms vowed for Colorado Lottery. A powerful state legislator suggested Monday that the Colorado Lottery should face more frequent audits to prevent repeats of abuses uncovered over the past two months.
2004: Tennessee Lottery To Launch 21 Days Early. Tennessee Lottery President & CEO Rebecca Paul on Monday announced the first lottery tickets will go on sale Jan. 20 - a full three weeks earlier than originally anticipated.

Top 25 Lottery Jackpots On This Day

1.$940 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jan 6, 2023
2.$559.7 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jan 6, 2018
3.$524.1 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jan 6, 2016
4.$520 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jan 8, 2021
5.$410 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jan 6, 2021
6.€343.9 Million US$366.29 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Jan 7, 2023
7.$320.6 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jan 7, 2023
8.$278 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jan 7, 2022
9.$258 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jan 8, 2020
10.$220.2 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jan 6, 2025
11.$206 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jan 6, 2015
12.$180 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jan 6, 2026
13.€127 Million
US$173 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Jan 7, 2014
14.$165 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jan 8, 2016
14.$165 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jan 9, 2024
16.€136.36 Million
US$154.92 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Jan 8, 2022
17.$146 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jan 7, 2015
18.€120 Million
US$131.22 Million: Multi-Country
EuroJackpot
Draw Date
Jan 9, 2024
19.$122 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jan 9, 2007
20.€102 Million
US$118.95 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Jan 8, 2026
21.$117 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jan 6, 2017
22.$115 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jan 6, 2007
23.€88.18 Million
US$108.21 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Jan 7, 2021
24.€88 Million
US$106.5 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Jan 6, 2006
25.$105 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jan 7, 2009

Lottery Post Member Birthdays On This Day

2005: JJisunlucky
Thursday, Jan 6, 2005
21 years old
1990: Luke90
Saturday, Jan 6, 1990
36 years old
1987: james1987
Tuesday, Jan 6, 1987
39 years old
1987: James1987$
Tuesday, Jan 6, 1987
39 years old
1986: itlahSutil
Monday, Jan 6, 1986
40 years old
1986: JarellCook
Monday, Jan 6, 1986
40 years old
1985: Melly-Mel
Sunday, Jan 6, 1985
41 years old
1980: WaWonder
Sunday, Jan 6, 1980
46 years old
1977: Kt1677
Thursday, Jan 6, 1977
49 years old
1974: revans196
Sunday, Jan 6, 1974
52 years old
1973: TaraB1973
Saturday, Jan 6, 1973
53 years old
1970: BenitaB
Tuesday, Jan 6, 1970
56 years old
1966: ladyVal45
Thursday, Jan 6, 1966
60 years old
1966: chickhopper
Thursday, Jan 6, 1966
60 years old
1964: Tinatoner
Monday, Jan 6, 1964
62 years old
1963: MsMonica
Sunday, Jan 6, 1963
63 years old
1962: R$SENTERS
Saturday, Jan 6, 1962
64 years old
1958: bob13
Monday, Jan 6, 1958
68 years old
1956: Bullish
Friday, Jan 6, 1956
70 years old
1955: Gloria$
Thursday, Jan 6, 1955
71 years old
1953: Jeti-1953
Tuesday, Jan 6, 1953
73 years old
1949: cherjim
Thursday, Jan 6, 1949
77 years old
: jcpowell
(year not provided)

Worldwide Events On This Day

2025: Justin Trudeau announces his resignation as leader of the Liberal Party of Canada and Prime Minister of Canada after nine years in office.
2021: Americans storm the United States Capitol Building to disrupt certification of the 2020 presidential election, resulting in four deaths and evacuation of the U.S. Congress.
2019: Muhammad V of Kelantan resigns as the Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia, becoming the first monarch to do so.
2017: Five people are killed and six others injured in a mass shooting at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport in Broward County, Florida.
2012: Twenty-six people are killed and 63 wounded when a suicide bomber blows himself up at a police station in Damascus.
2005: Edgar Ray Killen is indicted for the 1964 murders of Chaney, Goodman, and Schwerner during the American Civil Rights Movement.
2005: A train collision in Graniteville, South Carolina, United States, releases about 60 tons of chlorine gas.
1995: A chemical fire in an apartment complex in Manila, Philippines, leads to the discovery of plans for Project Bojinka, a mass-terrorist attack.
1994: U.S. figure skater Nancy Kerrigan is attacked and injured by an assailant hired by her rival Tonya Harding's ex-husband during the U.S. Figure Skating Championships.
1993: Indian Border Security Force units kill 55 Kashmiri civilians in Sopore, Jammu and Kashmir, in revenge after militants ambushed a BSF patrol.
1993: Four people are killed when Lufthansa CityLine Flight 5634 crashes on approach to Charles de Gaulle Airport in Roissy-en-France, France.
1992: President of Georgia Zviad Gamsakhurdia flees the country as a result of the military coup.
1989: Satwant Singh and Kehar Singh are sentenced to death for conspiracy in the assassination of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi; the two men are executed the same day.
1974: In response to the 1973 oil crisis, daylight saving time commences nearly four months early in the United States.
1974: Aeroflot Flight H-75 crashes near Mukachevo, killing 24.
1969: Allegheny Airlines Flight 737 crashes in Lafayette Township, McKean County, Pennsylvania, United States, killing 11.
1968: Aeroflot Flight 1668 crashes near Olyokminsk, killing 45.
1967: Vietnam War: United States Marine Corps and ARVN troops launch "Operation Deckhouse Five" in the Mekong River delta.
1960: National Airlines Flight 2511 is destroyed in mid-air by a bomb, while en route from New York City to Miami.
1960: The Associations Law comes into force in Iraq, allowing registration of political parties.
1951: Korean War: Beginning of the Ganghwa massacre, in the course of which an estimated 200-1,300 South Korean communist sympathizers are slaughtered.
1947: Pan American Airlines becomes the first commercial airline to offer a round-the-world ticket.
1946: The first general election ever in Vietnam is held.
1941: United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt delivers his Four Freedoms speech in the State of the Union address.
1929: King Alexander of the Serbs, Croats and Slovenes suspends his country's constitution, starting the January 6th Dictatorship.
1929: Mother Teresa arrives by sea in Calcutta, India, to begin her work among India's poorest and sick people.
1912: New Mexico is admitted to the Union as the 47th U.S. state.
1912: German geophysicist Alfred Wegener first presents his theory of continental drift.
1900: Second Boer War: Having already besieged the fortress at Ladysmith, Boer forces attack it, but are driven back by British defenders.
1839: The Night of the Big Wind, the most damaging storm in 300 years, sweeps across Ireland, damaging or destroying more than 20% of the houses in Dublin.
1838: Alfred Vail and colleagues demonstrate a telegraph system using dots and dashes (this is the forerunner of Morse code).
1809: Combined British, Portuguese and colonial Brazilian forces begin the Invasion of Cayenne during the Napoleonic Wars.
1781: In the Battle of Jersey, the British defeat the last attempt by France to invade Jersey in the Channel Islands.
1725: J. S. Bach leads the first performance of Liebster Immanuel, Herzog der Frommen, BWV 123, a chorale cantata for Epiphany.
1724: Sie werden aus Saba alle kommen, BWV 65, a Bach cantata, for Epiphany, is performed the first time.
1721: The Committee of Inquiry on the South Sea Bubble publishes its findings, revealing details of fraud among company directors and corrupt politicians.
1661: English Restoration: The Fifth Monarchists unsuccessfully attempt to seize control of London, England. The revolt is suppressed after a few days.
1641: Arauco War: The first Parliament of Quillín is celebrated, putting a temporary hold on hostilities between Mapuches and Spanish in Chile.
1579: The Union of Arras unites the southern Netherlands under the Duke of Parma (Ottavio Farnese), governor in the name of King Philip II of Spain.
1540: King Henry VIII of England marries Anne of Cleves.
1536: The first European school of higher learning in the Americas, Colegio de Santa Cruz de Tlatelolco, is founded by Viceroy Antonio de Mendoza and Bishop Juan de Zumárraga in Mexico City.
1492: The Catholic Monarchs Ferdinand and Isabella enter Granada at the conclusion of the Granada War.
1449: Constantine XI is crowned Byzantine Emperor at Mystras.
1355: Charles IV of Bohemia is crowned with the Iron Crown of Lombardy as King of Italy in Milan.
1322: Stephen Uroš III is crowned King of Serbia, having defeated his half-brother Stefan Konstantin in battle. His son is crowned "young king" in the same ceremony.
1205: Philip of Swabia undergoes a second coronation as King of the Romans.
1066: Following the death of Edward the Confessor on the previous day, the Witan meets to confirm Harold Godwinson as the new King of England; Harold is crowned the same day, sparking a succession crisis that will eventually lead to the Norman conquest of England.

Births On This Day

2005: Jacobo Ramón, Spanish footballer
2004: Roméo Lavia, Belgian footballer
2003: Daniele Ghilardi, Italian footballer
2003: MattyBRaps, American rapper, singer, and YouTuber
2001: Kenyon Martin Jr., American basketball player
2000: Kwon Eun-bin, South Korean singer and actress
2000: Jack McBain, Canadian ice hockey player
2000: Shuhua, Taiwanese singer
2000: Tyler Oliveira, American YouTuber
1999: Polo G, American rapper
1999: Mac McClung, American basketball player
1996: Courtney Eaton, Australian model and actress
1994: Catriona Gray, Filipino-Australian model, singer and beauty queen, Miss Universe 2018
1994: Denis Suárez, Spanish footballer
1994: Jameis Winston, American football player
1994: Jay B, South Korean singer
1993: Pat Connaughton, American basketball player
1993: Jesús Manuel Corona, Mexican footballer
1992: Corey Conners, Canadian professional golfer
1991: Duarte Alves, Portuguese politician
1991: Will Barton, American basketball player
1991: Kevin Gausman, American baseball player
1990: Sean Kilpatrick, American basketball player
1990: Alex Teixeira, Brazilian footballer
1989: Andy Carroll, English footballer
1989: Sergio León, Spanish footballer
1989: Derrick Morgan, American football player
1987: Arin Hanson, American YouTuber
1987: Bongani Khumalo, South African footballer
1987: Ndamukong Suh, American football player
1986: Paul McShane, Irish footballer
1986: Petter Northug, Norwegian skier
1986: Alex Turner, English singer, songwriter, and musician
1984: A. J. Hawk, American football player and analyst
1984: Kate McKinnon, American actress and comedian
1984: Eric Trump, American businessman
1983: Adam Burish, American ice hockey player
1983: Chen Nan, Chinese basketball player
1982: Gilbert Arenas, American basketball player
1982: Roy Asotasi, New Zealand rugby league player
1982: Tiffany Pollard, American television personality
1982: Eddie Redmayne, English actor and model
1981: Rinko Kikuchi, Japanese actress
1981: Asante Samuel, American football player
1978: Casey Fossum, American baseball player
1978: Bubba Franks, American football player
1976: Johan Davidsson, Swedish ice hockey player
1976: Danny Pintauro, American actor
1976: Richard Zedník, Slovak ice hockey player
1975: James Farrior, American football player
1974: Marlon Anderson, American baseball player and sportscaster
1974: Daniel Cordone, Argentinian footballer
1974: Paul Grant, American basketball player and coach
1973: Vasso Karantasiou, Greek beach volleyball player
1971: Irwin Thomas, American-Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist
1970: Julie Chen Moonves, American television personality, presenter, and producer
1970: Radoslav Látal, Czech footballer and manager
1970: Gabrielle Reece, American volleyball player, sportscaster, and actress
1969: Norman Reedus, American actor and model
1969: Aron Eisenberg, American actor and podcaster (died 2019)
1968: John Singleton, American director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2019)
1967: A. R. Rahman, Indian composer, singer-songwriter, music producer, musician, and philanthropist
1966: Sharon Cuneta, Filipino singer and actress
1966: Attilio Lombardo, Italian footballer and manager
1965: Bjørn Lomborg, Danish author and academic
1964: Charles Haley, American football player
1964: Jyrki Kasvi, Finnish journalist and politician (died 2021)
1964: Jacqueline Moore, American wrestler and manager
1963: Norm Charlton, American baseball player and coach
1963: Paul Kipkoech, Kenyan runner (died 1995)
1961: Georges Jobé, Belgian motocross racer (died 2012)
1961: Nigel Melville, English rugby player
1961: Peter Whittle, British politician, author, journalist, and broadcaster (died 2025)
1960: Paul Azinger, American golfer and sportscaster
1960: Kari Jalonen, Finnish ice hockey player and coach
1960: Nigella Lawson, English chef and author
1960: Howie Long, American football player and sports commentator
1959: Kapil Dev, Indian cricketer
1958: Shlomo Glickstein, Israeli tennis player
1957: Michael Foale, British-American astrophysicist and astronaut
1957: Nancy Lopez, American golfer and sportscaster
1956: Elizabeth Strout, American novelist and short story writer
1956: Justin Welby, English archbishop
1956: Clive Woodward, English rugby player and coach
1955: Rowan Atkinson, English actor, producer, and screenwriter
1955: Debbie Mathers, Mother of Eminem (died 2024)
1954: Anthony Minghella, English director and screenwriter (died 2008)
1953: Malcolm Young, Scottish-Australian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (died 2017)
1951: Don Gullett, American baseball player and coach (died 2024)
1951: Kim Wilson, American singer-songwriter and harmonica player
1950: Louis Freeh, American lawyer and jurist, 10th Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation
1949: Mike Boit, Kenyan runner and academic
1949: Carolyn D. Wright, American poet and academic (died 2016)
1948: Guy Gardner, American colonel and astronaut
1948: Dayle Hadlee, New Zealand cricketer
1947: Sandy Denny, English folk-rock singer-songwriter (died 1978)
1946: Syd Barrett, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2006)
1945: Barry John, Welsh rugby player (died 2024)
1945: Jayanthi (actress), Indian film actress (died 2021)
1944: Bonnie Franklin, American actress and singer (died 2013)
1944: Alan Stivell, French singer-songwriter and harp player
1944: Rolf M. Zinkernagel, Swiss immunologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
1943: Terry Venables, English footballer and manager (died 2023)
1940: Van McCoy, American singer-songwriter and producer (died 1979)
1939: Valeriy Lobanovskyi, Ukrainian footballer and manager (died 2002)
1939: Murray Rose, English-Australian swimmer and sportscaster (died 2012)
1938: Adriano Celentano, Italian singer-songwriter, actor, and director
1938: Adrienne Clarke, Australian botanist and academic
1938: Rajnikumar Pandya, Indian writer, journalist (died 2025)
1938: Larisa Shepitko, Soviet film director, screenwriter, and actress (died 1979)
1937: Ludvík Daněk, Czech discus thrower (died 1998)
1937: Lou Holtz, American football player, coach, and sportscaster
1937: Doris Troy, American singer-songwriter (died 2004)
1936: Darlene Hard, American tennis player (died 2021)
1936: Julio María Sanguinetti, Uruguayan journalist, lawyer, and politician, 29th President of Uruguay
1935: Ian Meckiff, Australian cricketer
1935: Nino Tempo, American musician, singer, and actor (died 2025)
1934: Harry M. Miller, New Zealand-Australian talent agent and publicist (died 2018)
1934: Sylvia Syms, English actress (died 2023)
1933: John Clive, English actor and author (died 2012)
1933: Oleg Grigoryevich Makarov, Russian engineer and astronaut (died 2003)
1932: Simon Oates, English actor (died 2009)
1932: Stuart A. Rice, American chemist and academic (died 2024)
1931: E. L. Doctorow, American novelist, playwright, and short story writer (died 2015)
1930: Vic Tayback, American actor (died 1990)
1928: Capucine, French actress and model (died 1990)
1927: Jesse Leonard Steinfeld, American physician and academic, 11th Surgeon General of the United States (died 2014)
1926: Ralph Branca, American baseball player (died 2016)
1926: Pat Flaherty, American race car driver (died 2002)
1926: Mickey Hargitay, Hungarian-American actor and bodybuilder (died 2006)
1925: John DeLorean, American engineer and businessman, founded the DeLorean Motor Company (died 2005)
1924: Kim Dae-jung, South Korean soldier and politician, 8th President of South Korea, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2009)
1924: Earl Scruggs, American banjo player (died 2012)
1923: Vladimir Kazantsev, Russian runner (died 2007)
1923: Norman Kirk, New Zealand engineer and politician, 29th Prime Minister of New Zealand (died 1974)
1923: Jacobo Timerman, Argentinian journalist and author (died 1999)
1921: Marianne Grunberg-Manago, Russian-French biochemist and academic (died 2013)
1921: Cary Middlecoff, American golfer and sportscaster (died 1998)
1920: Henry Corden, Canadian-born American actor (died 2005)
1920: John Maynard Smith, English biologist and geneticist (died 2004)
1920: Sun Myung Moon, Korean religious leader; founder of the Unification Church (died 2012)
1920: Early Wynn, American baseball player, coach, and sportscaster (died 1999)
1917: Koo Chen-fu, Taiwanese businessman and diplomat (died 2005)
1916: Park Mok-wol, influential Korean poet and academic (died 1978)
1915: Don Edwards, American soldier, lawyer, and politician (died 2015)
1915: John C. Lilly, American psychoanalyst, physician, and philosopher (died 2001)
1915: Alan Watts, English-American philosopher and author (died 1973)
1914: Godfrey Edward Arnold, Austrian-American physician and academic (died 1989)
1913: Edward Gierek, Polish lawyer and politician (died 2001)
1913: Loretta Young, American actress (died 2000)
1912: Jacques Ellul, French philosopher and critic (died 1994)
1912: Danny Thomas, American actor, comedian, producer, and humanitarian (died 1991)
1910: Kid Chocolate, Cuban boxer (died 1988)
1910: Wright Morris, American author and photographer (died 1998)
1903: Maurice Abravanel, Greek-American pianist and conductor (died 1993)
1900: Maria of Yugoslavia, Queen of Yugoslavia (died 1961)
1899: Heinrich Nordhoff, German engineer (died 1968)
1898: James Fitzmaurice, Irish soldier and pilot (died 1965)
1891: Ted McDonald, Australian cricketer (died 1937)
1883: Kahlil Gibran, Lebanese-American poet, painter, and philosopher (died 1931)
1882: Fan S. Noli, Albanian-American bishop and politician, 13th Prime Minister of Albania (died 1965)
1882: Sam Rayburn, American lawyer and politician, 48th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (died 1961)
1881: Ion Minulescu, Romanian author, poet, and critic (died 1944)
1880: Tom Mix, American cowboy and actor (died 1940)
1878: Adeline Genée, Danish-born British ballerina (died 1970)
1878: Carl Sandburg, American poet and historian (died 1967)
1874: Fred Niblo, American actor, director, and producer (died 1948)
1872: Alexander Scriabin, Russian pianist and composer (died 1915)
1870: Gustav Bauer, German journalist and politician, 11th Chancellor of Germany (died 1944)
1861: Victor Horta, Belgian architect, designed Hôtel van Eetvelde (died 1947)
1861: George Lloyd, English-Canadian bishop and theologian (died 1940)
1860: Morton Selten, British actor (died 1939)
1859: Samuel Alexander, Australian-English philosopher and academic (died 1938)
1857: Hugh Mahon, Irish-Australian publisher and politician, 10th Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs (died 1931)
1857: William Russell, American lawyer and politician, Governor of Massachusetts (died 1896)
1856: Giuseppe Martucci, Italian pianist, composer, and conductor (died 1909)
1842: Clarence King, American geologist, mountaineer, and critic (died 1901)
1838: Max Bruch, German composer and conductor (died 1920)
1832: Gustave Doré, French painter and sculptor (died 1883)
1822: Heinrich Schliemann, German archaeologist and businessman (died 1890)
1811: Charles Sumner, American lawyer and politician (died 1874)
1808: Joseph Pitty Couthouy, American conchologist and paleontologist (died 1864)
1807: Joseph Petzval, German-Hungarian mathematician and physicist (died 1891)
1803: Henri Herz, Austrian pianist and composer (died 1888)
1799: Jedediah Smith, American hunter, explorer, and author (died 1831)
1795: Anselme Payen, French chemist and academic (died 1871)
1793: James Madison Porter, American lawyer and politician, 18th United States Secretary of War (died 1862)
1785: Andreas Moustoxydis, Greek historian and philologist (died 1860)
1766: José Gaspar Rodríguez de Francia, Paraguayan lawyer and politician, first dictator of Paraguay (died 1840)
1745: Jacques-Etienne Montgolfier, French co-inventor of the hot air balloon (died 1799)
1714: Percivall Pott, English surgeon (died 1788)
1702: José de Nebra, Spanish composer (died 1768)
1695: Giuseppe Sammartini, Italian oboe player and composer (died 1750)
1673: James Brydges, 1st Duke of Chandos, English academic and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Radnorshire (died 1744)
1655: Eleonor Magdalene of Neuburg (died 1720)
1632: Anne Hamilton, 3rd Duchess of Hamilton, Scottish peeress (died 1716)
1617: Christoffer Gabel, Danish politician (died 1673)
1595: Claude Favre de Vaugelas, French educator and courtier (died 1650)
1587: Gaspar de Guzmán, Count-Duke of Olivares (died 1645)
1561: Thomas Fincke, Danish mathematician and physicist (died 1656)
1538: Jane Dormer, Duchess of Feria (died 1612)
1525: Caspar Peucer, German physician and scholar (died 1602)
1500: John of Ávila, Spanish mystic and saint (died 1569)
1493: Olaus Petri, Swedish clergyman (died 1552)
1488: Helius Eobanus Hessus, German poet (died 1540)
1486: Martin Agricola, German composer and theorist (died 1556)
1412: Joan of Arc, French martyr and saint (died 1431)
1384: Edmund Holland, 4th Earl of Kent (died 1408)
1367: Richard II of England (died 1400)
1256: Gertrude the Great, German mystic (died 1302)

Deaths On This Day

2023: Mary Lou Kownacki, American Roman Catholic nun, peace activist, and writer (born 1941)
2022: Peter Bogdanovich, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1939)
2022: Sidney Poitier, Bahamian-American actor, director, and diplomat (born 1927)
2022: Francisco Sionil Jose, Philippine novelist (born 1924)
2021: Ashli Babbitt, American participant in the January 6 United States Capitol attack
2021: Gordon Renwick, Canadian ice hockey administrator and businessman (born 1935)
2021: James Cross, British diplomat kidnapped during the 1970 October crisis in Québec (born 1921)
2020: Richard Maponya, South African businessman (born 1920)
2019: José Ramón Fernández, Cuban revolution leader (born 1923)
2019: Lamin Sanneh, Gambian-born American professor (born 1942)
2019: W. Morgan Sheppard, British actor (born 1932)
2019: Paul Streeten, Austrian-born British economics professor (born 1917)
2017: Octavio Lepage, Venezuelan politician, President of Venezuela (born 1923)
2017: Om Puri, Indian actor (born 1950)
2016: Pat Harrington, Jr., American actor and screenwriter (born 1929)
2016: Florence King, American journalist and author (born 1936)
2016: Christy O'Connor Jnr, Irish golfer and architect (born 1948)
2016: Silvana Pampanini, Italian model, actress, and director, Miss Italy 1946 (born 1925)
2015: Arthur Jackson, American lieutenant and target shooter (born 1918)
2015: Basil John Mason, English meteorologist and academic (born 1923)
2014: Marina Ginestà, French Resistance soldier and photographer (born 1919)
2014: Nelson Ned, Brazilian singer-songwriter (born 1947)
2014: Julian Rotter, American psychologist and academic (born 1916)
2013: Ruth Carter Stevenson, American art collector, founded the Amon Carter Museum of American Art (born 1923)
2012: Bob Holness, South African-English radio and television host (born 1928)
2012: Spike Pola, Australian footballer and soldier (born 1914)
2011: Uche Okafor, Nigerian footballer, coach, and sportscaster (born 1967)
2009: Ron Asheton, American guitarist, songwriter, and actor (probable; b. 1948)
2008: Shmuel Berenbaum, Rabbi of Mir Yeshiva (Brooklyn) (born 1920)
2007: Roberta Wohlstetter, American political scientist, historian, and academic (born 1912)
2006: Lou Rawls, American singer-songwriter (born 1933)
2005: Eileen Desmond, Irish civil servant and politician, 12th Irish Minister for Health (born 1932)
2005: Lois Hole, Canadian academic and politician, 15th Lieutenant Governor of Alberta (born 1929)
2005: Tarquinio Provini, Italian motorcycle racer (born 1933)
2004: Pierre Charles, Dominican educator and politician, 5th Prime Minister of Dominica (born 1954)
1999: Michel Petrucciani, French-American pianist (born 1962)
1995: Joe Slovo, Lithuanian-South African lawyer and politician (born 1926)
1993: Dizzy Gillespie, American singer-songwriter and trumpet player (born 1917)
1993: Rudolf Nureyev, Russian-French dancer and choreographer (born 1938)
1992: Steve Gilpin, New Zealand vocalist and songwriter (born 1949)
1991: Alan Wiggins, American baseball player (born 1958)
1990: Ian Charleson, Scottish-English actor (born 1949)
1990: Pavel Cherenkov, Russian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1904)
1984: Ernest Laszlo, Hungarian-American cinematographer (born 1898)
1981: A. J. Cronin, Scottish physician and author (born 1896)
1978: Burt Munro, New Zealand motorcycle racer (born 1899)
1974: David Alfaro Siqueiros, Mexican painter (born 1896)
1972: Chen Yi, Chinese general and politician, 2nd Foreign Minister of the People's Republic of China (born 1901)
1966: Jean Lurçat, French painter (born 1892)
1949: Victor Fleming, American director, producer, and cinematographer (born 1883)
1945: Vladimir Vernadsky, Russian mineralogist and chemist (born 1863)
1944: Jacques Rosenbaum, Estonian-German architect (born 1878)
1944: Ida Tarbell, American journalist, reformer, and educator (born 1857)
1942: Emma Calvé, French soprano and actress (born 1858)
1942: Henri de Baillet-Latour, Belgian businessman, 3rd President of the International Olympic Committee (born 1876)
1941: Charley O'Leary, American baseball player and coach (born 1882)
1939: Gustavs Zemgals, Latvian journalist and politician, 2nd President of Latvia (born 1871)
1937: André Bessette, Canadian saint (born 1845)
1934: Herbert Chapman, English footballer and manager (born 1878)
1933: Vladimir de Pachmann, Ukrainian-German pianist (born 1848)
1928: Alvin Kraenzlein, American hurdler and long jumper (born 1876)
1928: Wilhelm Ramsay, Finnish geologist and professor (born 1865)
1922: Jakob Rosanes, Ukrainian-German mathematician and chess player (born 1842)
1921: Devil Anse Hatfield, American guerrilla leader (born 1839)
1919: Theodore Roosevelt, American colonel and politician, 26th President of the United States (born 1858)
1918: Georg Cantor, German mathematician and philosopher (born 1845)
1917: Hendrick Peter Godfried Quack, Dutch economist and historian (born 1834)
1902: Lars Hertervig, Norwegian painter (born 1830)
1885: Bharatendu Harishchandra, Indian author, poet, and playwright (born 1850)
1884: Gregor Mendel, Czech geneticist and botanist (born 1822)
1882: Richard Henry Dana Jr., American lawyer and politician (born 1815)
1855: Giacomo Beltrami, Italian jurist, explorer, and author (born 1779)
1852: Louis Braille, French educator, invented Braille (born 1809)
1840: Frances Burney, English author and playwright (born 1752)
1831: Rodolphe Kreutzer, French violinist, composer, and conductor (born 1766)
1829: Josef Dobrovský, Czech philologist and historian (born 1753)
1813: Louis Baraguey d'Hilliers, French general (born 1764)
1734: John Dennis, English playwright and critic (born 1657)
1731: Étienne François Geoffroy, French physician and chemist (born 1672)
1725: Chikamatsu Monzaemon, Japanese actor and playwright (born 1653)
1718: Giovanni Vincenzo Gravina, Italian lawyer and jurist (born 1664)
1711: Philips van Almonde, Dutch admiral (born 1646)
1693: Mehmed IV, Ottoman sultan (born 1642)
1689: Seth Ward, English bishop, mathematician, and astronomer (born 1617)
1646: Elias Holl, German architect, designed the Augsburg Town Hall (born 1573)
1616: Philip Henslowe, English impresario (born 1550)
1537: Alessandro de' Medici, Duke of Florence (born 1510)
1537: Baldassare Peruzzi, Italian architect and painter, designed the Palazzo Massimo alle Colonne (born 1481)
1481: Ahmed Khan bin Küchük, Mongolian ruler
1478: Uzun Hasan, 9th Shahanshah of the Turkoman Aq Qoyunlu dynasty (born 1423)
1477: Jean VIII, Count of Vendôme (born 1425)
1448: Christopher of Bavaria, King of Denmark, Norway and Sweden (born 1418)
1406: Roger Walden, English bishop
1358: Gertrude van der Oosten, Beguine mystic
1350: Giovanni I di Murta, second doge of the Republic of Genoa
1275: Raymond of Penyafort, Catalan archbishop and saint (born 1175)
1233: Matilda of Chester, Countess of Huntingdon, Anglo-Norman noblewoman (born 1171)
1148: Gilbert de Clare, 1st Earl of Pembroke (born 1100)
1088: Berengar of Tours, French scholar and theologian (born 999)
786: Abo of Tiflis, Iraqi martyr and saint (born 756)

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